John Paul Phelan (Fine Gael)

I thank the Minister of State for his comments. However, he is a little too harsh on us because he accepted some amendments. I thank him and his officials for the time and effort put in during the passage of the Bill.

I do not quite understand how the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform encompasses the area of equality. However, I know it is not specific to this Bill and not the time to raise this matter. It was obvious that the Minister of State looked at the amendments that were proposed and took some of them on board, which I welcome.